Wednesday, January 25, 2012

We're having a few hiccups with the website, so you might get an error message on some pages. Gabrielle is working on this and hopefully should have it sorted soon.

I've been scarce on the interwebs recently - Jason's been keeping me busy. I'll continue to be mostly offline for the next week, as I'm about to dive into the copy edited manuscript of Tangle of Need. I can't wait to get back into the book!

Thursday, January 12, 2012

I've just returned from having a lovely afternoon tea with Shellbell, who won the charity auction a little while ago, and now I'm back at my desk and about to write a scene featuring Jason and Raphael.

Saturday, January 07, 2012

A fellow author spotted these calendars by artist, Tony Mauro, and sent me a couple. I've claimed one for my office, but I thought it'd be fun to do a giveaway for the second copy.

To enter the random giveaway, just leave your name in the comments by 5pm, Tuesday 10th January 2012, New Zealand time.

(If you have trouble commenting, send an email with "Tony Mauro Calendar Giveaway" in the subject line to naliniDOTassistantATgmailDOTcom by the same time).

I'll give the winner 48 hours to contact me after their name is posted on the blog. If I don't hear back from the winner within that time, I'll redraw. By entering, you give me permission to post your name on the blog should you win.

The fine print: Contest is open internationally. One entry per household. No purchase necessary to enter. Winner will be chosen randomly using random.org and his or her name posted on this blog on Wednesday, January11th, 2012. Void where prohibited.

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

I've started working on Archangel's Storm - Jason is a fascinating hero. Difficult to get to know, but with such an intensity to him that I know when the walls do come down, it'll be explosive.

I'm seeing lots of "best of" lists around the interwebs at the moment. I've posted about most of my favorite reads on the blog through the year, but what about yours? Which books did you most enjoy in 2011?

Monday, January 02, 2012

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! I spent time with family, had a few cocktails, did a lot of reading and made a significant dent in the backlog of e-mails. I'm hoping to clear the rest of it in the next two weeks.

Here are some thoughts on one of the books I inhaled. :-)

I don't tend to read a lot of Young Adult (YA) fiction, but I was given Patricia C. Wrede'sThe Thirteenth Child as a gift, and really enjoyed it.

It's not a romance but a fantasy that deals with the main character, Eff's, journey from child to woman - and the development of her magic. As the 13th child in her family, she's said to be bad luck and sure to turn evil. Meanwhile, her twin, Lan, is the 7th son of a 7th son, said to be very lucky and with great magic.

The book is set in the wild West, when people are just starting to move out into the frontier - except it's a wild West complete with mammoths, steam dragons, saber-tooth cats and more.

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